Machine for interlacing curled hair.



F. MAUSSNER MACHINE FOR INTERLACING CURLED HAIR.

APPLICATION FILED sEP QB, 1916- ;x; 0,663 D Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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MACHINE FOR INTERLACING CURLED HAIR.

APPLICATION EILED SEPT. 28 I916- Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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MACHINE FOB, INTERLAGING CURLED HAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2'7, 122W.

Application filed September 28, 1916. Serial No. 122,616.

few strands of hair through the .block of hair and thus interlace the hair so that the block will retain its shape when removed from the machine.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine in which are embodied various novel features of construction and arrangement of the parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is an end view of my improved machine; Fig. 2. is a vertical, longitudinal section on line 22 Fig. 1; Fig. 3L is a transverse section on line 33 Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the grate for holding the hair when it is being passed through the machine; and Fig. 5. is a perspective view of the base block over which the grate fits when in position upon the machine, and also showing thereon a molding frame for shaping the loose hair into the form desired.

The machine consists of the frame 1, having upright bearing members 2 and 3, in which is mounted the main shaft 5 rotated by any suitable-means. In the upper portion of the bearing members 2 and 3 are slidably mounted the reciprocating members 6 and 7 carrying the needle bar 8, to which are secured the needles 9. The reciprocating members 6 and 7 are each provided with heads 10, which are adjustably mounted upon the guides 12, on the reciprocating members.

Each of the heads 10 is adjustably secured upon the reciprocating member by a threaded rod 14 engaged by a wheel 15 having a threaded aperture formed therein to receive said rod. Said wheel 15 is rotatably held in the reciprocating member and it is provided with teeth which mesh with a gear wheel 16 on the shaft 17 carrying a hand wheel 18. The adjustable heads 10 areeach provided with a stud shaft 20 to receive one end of a connecting rod 21 having the other end thereof connected with a stud shaft 23 on the disk 24 secured upon the main shaft 5.

When the main shaft 5 is rotated the reciprocating members 6 and 7 will be moved up and down in the bearing members 2 and 3. By rotating the hand wheels 18 at either side of the machine the position of the ad- Justable heads 10 may be changed and the position of the needle bar in relation to the main shaft may be thus changed.

The frame 1, of the machine sup-ports 10ngitudinal tracks 27 and 28 on which is mounted the carriage 30, having wheels 31, which run upon the said tracks. The carriage 30 consists of the top andthe depend ing sides 33 and 34 which latter are provided with teeth 35 forming racks engaged by toothed wheels 37 and 38, secured on the counter shaft 40, mounted in the frame of the machine. Upon the counter shaft 40 is secured a ratchet wheel 41 engaged by a pawl 42 on an arm 43 loosely mounted on the counter shaft 40. The arm 43 is oscillated by a cam 45 upon the main shaft 5, which will move the carriage 30 in the direction of'the arrow Fig. 2.

The counter shaft 40 is provided with a handle 47 for rotating the said shaft in the opposite direction to return the carriage to the position shown in Fig. 2. This may be done by lifting the pawl 42 free from the ratchet wheel 41. The carriage 30 is made sufliciently long so that the rack 35 will always be in mesh with the gear wheels 37 and 38, when the carriage 30 is at the extreme ends of the machine.

' The base block 50 rests upon the carria e 30, which latter is provided with longitu inal ribs 48 which fit into grooves 51 formed in the under side of the base block 50 and The grate 60 consists of two side plates 61 and 62 and a number of U-shaped bars 63 bolted together-by bolts 65 and 66 which are located at the extreme lowest portions of the vertical end portions of the U-shaped bars 63 for the purpose of allowing the needles'to pass over them without striking the bolts and breaking the needles. The bars 63 are separated by filling blocks 'or washers 67 and the entire grate is tightly bolted together by the nuts 68 upon the ends of the bolts'65 and 66. Said bolts 65 and 66 project beyond the side plates 61 and 62 to form places for. attaching hoisting mechanism for lifting the grate.

The base block 50 has a raised surface 53 around which the grate 60 fits and the latter may be pressed downwardly by means of the rollers 70 and 71 to compress the hair which is placed upon the surface 53 of the base block before the grate is placed over the same. The rolls 70 and 71 are provided with corrugations which hold the upper edges of the grate bars 63 in alinement so that they will pass between the needles.

It will be seen that by having the grate bars 63 entirely separated from each other above the surface 53 of the base block 50 and by having the connecting bolts 65 and 66 located below the surface 53 of the base block,

that the machine can be started without first adjusting the grate so that the needles are inside of the ends of the-grate. With this construction of the grate the machine-may be started with the grate in the position shown in Fig. 2. and the grate advanced into the path of the needleswithout the needles striking any part of the grate and the lattermay continue to move beyond the needles without the machine being first stopped.

When the carriage 30 is being returned to the starting position,shown in Fig. 2, it is desirable to move the needles 9 far enough away from the hair in the grate so that the barbs upon the needles will not hold the hair upon the needles. To quickly raise the needles from the operating position the needle bar is pivotally mounted in the reciprocating members 6 and 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The needle bar 8 may be loosely mounted upona shaft 13 or the ends of the shaft may be free to turn in the reciprocating members 6 and 7.

A handle 75 is provided. at either end of the needle bar 8 for swinging the latter into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. Brackets 76 are secured upon the reci rocating members 6 and 7 and said brac ets are provided with spring catches 7 7 for holding the handle in either a vertical or an oblique position. I

To facilitate in producing a block of hair which when it is finished it will have a par ticular size and shape and also contain the proper weight of hair, a molding frame 80 is provided, as shown in Fig. 5. The molding frame 80 consists of the vertical walls and is open at the top and bottom. The molding frame may be any size and shape desired for producing cushions, pads, mattresses and the like. The molding frame is placed upon the base block 50 and filled with the required weight of hair to form the finished article.

The molding frame 80 is then removed from the base block, leaving the block of hair upon the base block; the rack 60 is then lowered over the base block to hold the hair while being interlaced by the needles.

Having thus described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a frame having side members, reciprocating members slidably mounted in the side members of the frame, and a needle bar pivotally mounted in the said reciprocating members.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a frame having side bearing members, reciprocating members slidably mounted in the side bearing members, a shaft extending between the reciprocating members, and a needle bar rotatably supported bv said shaft.

3. Ina machine of the character described, the combination of a frame having side hearing members, reciprocating members slidably mounted in the side bearing members, a needle bar pivotally mounted in the reciprocating members, and means for locking the needle bar in a fixed osition in relation to the reciprocating mem ers.

4. In a machine of the character described the combination of a frame, 'reciprocatin members mounted in the frame, a needle ar pivotally mounted in the reciprocating members, a handle upon the needle bar for rotating the latter, a bracket mounted in a fixed position for engagin the needle bar and locking the same in re ation to the reciprocating members.

5. In a machine of the character described the combination of a frame, reciprocating needles mounted in said frame, a carriage, a base block, a grate adapted to fit over the base block and hold material upon the base block, and said grate having bars secured together at points below the plane of the top surfaceof the base block.

6. In a machine of the character described the combination of a frame, reciprocating needles mounted in said frame, a gratet mounted in the frame holding material to be treated by the needles, U-shaped bars forming said grate, and bolts securing the said grate bars together at points below the lowest point in the stroke of he reciprocating needles.

7. In a machine of the character described the combination of a frame, reciprocating needles mounted in said frame, a grate adapted to hold material to be treated by the needles, inverted U-shaped bars formin the said grate, bolts holding the ends 0 the grate bars together, filling pieces on said olts to separate the grate bars and side plates forming the side walls of the grate. base block after the molding frame has 8. In a machine of the character described been removed. 10 the combination of a frame, reciprocating In testimony whereof I aflix my signature needles, mounted in the frame, a carriage, a in the presence of two witnesses.

5 base block' on said carriage, a removable FREDERICK MAUSSNER.

molding frame for holding the material to Witnesses: I be treated by the needles, and a grate adapt- ROBERT M. WALLACE,

ed to be placed over the molded hair on the EARL D. SHAFFER. 

